Wind & Wuthering Tour

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Wind & Wuthering Tour
Tour by Genesis
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Associated album
Start date1 January 1977
End date3 July 1977
No. of shows97
Genesis concert chronology

The Wind & Wuthering Tour was an English, North American, South American and European concert tour by the English rock band Genesis. [1] [2]

Contents

Their last tour with guitarist Steve Hackett prior to his departure, and the first with Chester Thompson as their touring drummer, the tour was staged in support of their 1976 album Wind & Wuthering and their 1977 extended play Spot the Pigeon , visiting theatres and arenas from January to July 1977. The band used improved sound and stage lighting systems than before, including a set of Boeing aircraft landing lights. The tour featured Genesis' first South American dates, playing eight shows in three Brazilian cities, drawing large crowds and an enthusiastic response from fans and the press. Recordings from the tour's dates in Paris were used for the band's second live album Seconds Out , released in 1977.

Set list

A typical set list included: [1] [3]

Setlist changes:

1/09/77: "The Carpet Crawlers" and "All In A Mouse's Night" are omitted, "Firth of Fifth" is played after "Eleventh Earl of Mar".

1/11/77: "Firth of Fifth" is played after "All In A Mouse's Night", "The Carpet Crawlers" is played after "Eleventh Earl of Mar".

1/13/77: Same changes as 1/11/77.

1/14/77: "The Carpet Crawlers" and "All In A Mouse's Night" are omitted.

1/19/77: "...In That Quiet Earth" is played after "Firth of Fifth".

1/21/77: "Your Own Special Way" is omitted, "All In A Mouse's Night" is played after "The Carpet Crawlers", "The Carpet Crawlers" is played after "Eleventh Earl of Mar".

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
United Kingdom leg
1 January 1977LondonEngland Rainbow Theatre
2 January 1977
3 January 1977
7 January 1977 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
8 January 1977
9 January 1977
2 Shows
Liverpool Liverpool Empire Theatre
10 January 1977 Manchester Free Trade Hall
11 January 1977
13 January 1977 Dundee Scotland Caird Hall
14 January 1977
2 Shows
Edinburgh Edinburgh Playhouse
15 January 1977
16 January 1977 Newcastle upon Tyne England Newcastle City Hall
17 January 1977
19 January 1977 Southampton Gaumont Theatre
20 January 1977
21 January 1977 Leicester De Montfort Hall
22 January 1977
23 January 1977 Bristol Bristol Hippodrome
North American leg
2 February 1977 Boulder United States Macky Auditorium
4 February 1977 Tulsa Tulsa Municipal Theater
5 February 1977 Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
6 February 1977 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
8 February 1977 Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre
9 February 1977 Madison Dane County Coliseum
10 February 1977 Milwaukee Milwaukee Auditorium
12 February 1977Detroit Detroit Masonic Temple
13 February 1977 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
15 February 1977Chicago Auditorium Theatre
16 February 1977
17 February 1977
19 February 1977 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Auditorium
20 February 1977 Kitchener Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
22 February 1977New York CityUnited States Madison Square Garden
23 February 1977 Boston Boston Garden
24 February 1977 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
25 February 1977 Hartford Bushnell Auditorium
26 February 1977 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial
27 February 1977 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
28 February 1977 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
2 March 1977 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum
3 March 1977 Quebec City Colisée de Québec
5 March 1977 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
6 March 1977 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
8 March 1977 Philadelphia United States The Spectrum
9 March 1977 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center
10 March 1977 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
12 March 1977 Nashville Vanderbilt University
13 March 1977 Atlanta Fox Theatre
14 March 1977
16 March 1977 New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
17 March 1977 Houston Sam Houston Coliseum
18 March 1977 Arlington Texas Hall
19 March 1977 Dallas Moody Coliseum
21 March 1977 Austin Municipal Auditorium
24 March 1977 Inglewood The Forum
25 March 1977San Francisco Winterland Ballroom
26 March 1977
27 March 1977 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
29 March 1977 Phoenix Civic Plaza Assembly Hall
1 April 1977 Portland Paramount Theatre
2 April 1977 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
3 April 1977 Seattle United States Paramount Theatre
South American leg
10 May 1977 Porto Alegre Brazil Ginásio Gigantinho
11 May 1977
14 May 1977
2 Shows
Rio de Janeiro Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
15 May 1977
2 Shows
18 May 1977 São Paulo Anhembi Convention Center
19 May 1977
21 May 1977
2 Shows
Ginásio do Ibirapuera
22 May 1977
2 Shows
European leg
2 June 1977 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle
4 June 1977 Stockholm Sweden Johanneshovs Isstadion
6 June 1977 West Berlin West Germany Deutschlandhalle
7 June 1977 Stockholm Sweden Johanneshovs Isstadion
11 June 1977ParisFrance Palais des Sports de Paris
12 June 1977
13 June 1977
14 June 1977
17 June 1977 Cologne West Germany Müngersdorfer Stadion
19 June 1977 Offenbach am Main Stadion am Bieberer Berg
20 June 1977 Bremen Stadthalle Bremen
23 June 1977LondonEngland Earl's Court
24 June 1977
25 June 1977
28 June 1977
2 Shows
Brussels Belgium Forest National
29 June 1977 Rotterdam Netherlands Sportpaleis
1 July 1977 Colmar FranceThéâtre du Parc des Expositions
2 July 1977 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
3 July 1977 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date
(1977)
CityVenueAttendanceGrossRef(s)
2 February Boulder, United States Macky Auditorium 2,068$13,131 [4]
4 February Tulsa, United States Tulsa Municipal Theater 2,077$13,042 [4]
5 February Kansas City, United States Municipal Auditorium 5,669$34,014 [4]
6 February St. Louis, United States Kiel Auditorium 6,540$42,478 [4]
26 February Syracuse, United States Onondaga County War Memorial 6,574$41,030 [5]
24 March Inglewood, United States The Forum 13,524$108,583 [6]
25 MarchSan Francisco, United States Winterland Ballroom 9,927$56,707 [6]
26 March [6]
3 April Seattle, United States Paramount Theatre 2,779$17,209 [7]

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